Seffert v. Los Angeles Transit Lines

Defendants appeal from a judgment for plaintiff for $187,903.75 entered on a jury verdict. Their motion for a new trial for errors of law and exeessiveness of damages was denied.

At the trial plaintiff contended that she was properly entering defendants’ bus when the doors closed suddenly catching her right hand and left foot. The bus started, dragged her some distance, and then threw her to the pavement. Defendants contended that the injury resulted from plaintiff’s own negligence, that she was late for work and either ran into the side of the bus after the doors had closed or ran after the…